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I had a PSMA pet scan on 7/16/2024. The result shows a single tumor in my left lung measuring 8mm. My MO wants me to have the tumor radiated and monitor the PSA and its doubling time. A little background, I'm just short of 83 years old. I had prostatectomy in 2009, PSA undetectable until 2017. I had

My latest PSA on 6/11/24 was 1.06 up from 0.65 on 4/2/24. I have a meeting with my MO on 4/26 to discuss the next step. I was taking Opdivo immunotherapy from 2/2023 to 2/2024 for bladder cancer. so far my bladder cancer is in check so now I can focus on my PCA. Should I get a PSMA pet? is it time to

An encouraging Opdivo/Yervoy study was presented at ASCO recently, which gave me a little more hope for the future. https://www.onclive.com/view/nivolumab-ipilimumab-bests-nivolumab-in-ovarian-and-extra-renal-clear-cell-carcinomas Yervoy (ipilimumab) is an anti-CTLA-4, which apparently has higher risk

just wanted to provide an update on using immunotherapy, in my case Opdivo and Yervoy. Some background: 6 years after my initial diagnosis of OVCA, it was discovered via a raised CA125 and subsequent CT Scan, that I had developed 3 tumors on my Psoas muscle of my back. These were classified as ovarian

This is a very good Feb 2023 article but it’s best to scroll down to get out of the weeds to the crux of the biscuit. The crux of this biscuit is a well known inflammatory cytokine CCL20 and it’s receptor CCR6. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36325-2 Dissecting the immune suppressive

Hello all, my latest pet/ct scan indicates my PC is no longer castrate resistant as there is new disease growth in my lungs. Largest lesion is 2.5 centimeters. I'm no longer taking xtandi, so it can be "washed out" of my system prior to new treatment, however I'm still getting quarterly lupron shots

I have been off the grid for a while. Back in late November, I started having bladder problems including bleeding, urgency, frequency and incontinence. In December I was diagnosed with stage 3/b bladder cancer. In late January I had open Cystectomy and was in the hospital for 10 days. My MO put my PC

Roger kept getting weaker and weaker. He was hospitalized, the sent to a rehab, then to another hospital due to breathing trouble, then home to die in 2 days. It was a quick ending to an honorable and graceful life. He was in his 80's, but until he had Melanoma - he seemed very young and strong. God

Hello everyone. Marks cancer is back his liver is full In 2017 when Mark was 1st diagnosed it was everywhere, but his Brain so he was 1st put on Opdivo/ Yervoy. Stopped Yervoy after 2 treatments. And a month or so later put on BRAF meds for about 6 months together. Then continued Opdivo alone for another

On March 4th, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Opdivo (nivolumab) for treatment before surgery in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with stage IB to IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The approval was based on the results of the clinical trial CHECKMATE

Hi y'all! Hoping everyone is doing well. Jimmy had his monthly lab work on Monday that is required to make sure he's able to continue with the immunotherapy. We saw the oncologist today and had some hopeful news. Both his AFP tumor marker and his LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE have dropped since last month. Still

Hi Everyone. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Jimmy and I spent a quiet Christmas at home, just the two of us. We sat up until 3 am on Christmas Eve just talking. Best Christmas ever, without any presents. We spent Christmas Eve listening to Christmas music (which I love and

Good morning everyone. Jimmy starts the immunotherapy this morning. Insurance denied the Tecentriq and Avastin combo at last minute so we're going with Opdivo instead. His insurance company is changing at end of month so Oncologist says can always try again for approval with new company. He wanted to

I was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer in January of last year, three months after my prostate had been removed. It had spread to two lymph nodes and my bladder. Starting in February of 2020, I begun three treatments of chemotherapy which were not effective, and my PSA continued to rise. I had

Greetings FPC members, While I have STOPPED POSTING on cutting edge science, I will continue to report on interesting articles from MD's, etc... Below is an article from Dr. Oliver Sartor on the results from PEACE I. While some have jumped on board and said the new regimen should be docetaxel plus abiraterone

My husband, Steve (Stevana on this site), is now out of the phase 2 clinical trial for the immunotherapy drug Nivolumab (a/k/a Opdivo). He started the trial in August, 2020 which also included infusions of Docetaxel. His last Docetaxel infusion was on December 3rd and he continued with infusions of Opdivo

Greetings FPC warriors, In the spirit of continuing cujoe's look at Adaptive Theory, I raise the question of whether early chemotherapy plays a role in creating resistance. Recently, posters/bloggers have been showing some of the early results reported from PEACE I trial, but the question remains as

My husband Steve (Stevana on this site) had his first scans post chemo Thursday, March 18. The scans show his cancerous lymph nodes have all decreased in size and his bone mets are stable. Having no new growth and cancer shrinking is the best we could have hoped for so we are very relieved. Because he

My husband has been on Avastin/Tecentric q3wks since August 2020 with stable scans and AFP dropping from 600 to 262 until this week when there's a new area of uptake 2.5-3 cm that both oncologist/IR thinks is new area of cancer outside of portal vein but not well defined yet. They both rec repeat scans

I have been approved to start trial and was wondering who else out there has or is going through it and can share their experience.